Placebo

  • 91placebo effect — /pləˈsiboʊ əfɛkt/ (say pluh seeboh uhfekt) noun a beneficial effect asserted by a patient after taking a placebo …

  • 92placebo-controlled — Refers to a clinical study in which the control patients receive a placebo …

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  • 93placebo — noun (plural bos) Etymology: Latin, I shall please Date: 1785 1. a. a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder b. an inert or innocuous substance… …

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  • 94placebo — noun /pləˈsijbow/ a) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. b) Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better. Ant: nocebo …

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  • 95placebo — pla|ce|bo Mot Pla Nom masculí …

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  • 96Placebo — Middel, som anvendes i kliniske afprøvninger til fremskaffelse af neutrale værdier, som sammenlignes med effekten af et forsøgsprodukt …

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  • 97Placebo — Pla·ce·bo [pla tseːbo] das; s, s; Med; ein Mittel, das Patienten als Medikament gegeben wird, aber keine (chemische) Wirkung hat || K : Placeboeffekt …

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  • 98placebo — {{hw}}{{placebo}}{{/hw}}s. m. inv. (farm.) Ogni preparato privo di sostanze attive, somministrato spec. per suggestionare un paziente facendogli credere che si tratta di una cura reale. ETIMOLOGIA: voce lat., propr. ‘piacerò’ (da placere… …

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  • 99placebo — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. sugar pill, inert pill, fake, inactive medicine, preparation, control substance, test substance. see medicine …

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  • 100Placebo — Pla|ce|bo 〈[ tse: ] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Pharm.〉 unwirksames Scheinmedikament (für Versuche) [Etym.: <lat. placere »gefallen«] …

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